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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 12h

Fascinated how the guy who made superstars of Matt Walsh, Candace Owens, Jordan Peterson, and Michael Knowles thought that unfettered racism and every phobia in existence wouldn't eventually include anti-semitism

Ben Shapiro warns that conspiratorial right is taking over social media

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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 12h

Quitting smoking nearly doubles life expectancy for cancer patients www.upi.com/Health_News/...

"Experts argue it's never too late to quit smoking, and a new study says that applies to people with late-stage #cancer as well."

Quitting smoking nearly doubles life expectancy for cancer patients - UPI.com

Patients with advanced cancer gained nearly a full year of additional life if they quit smoking, compared to those who kept lighting up, researchers reported.

www.upi.com

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Rev. Benjamin Cremer @brcremer.bsky.social · 18h

Many of us grew up in the church being taught to root for Moses, Daniel, and John the Baptist in the Bible, only to grow up and have our churches question our faith for not cheering on the Pharaohs, Nebuchadnezzars, and Herods in our world today.

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 18h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 13h

This is the kind of thing Canada needs to WORRY about, not embrace. It's a monster that can get SO much worse than it already is.

We need regulation of AI now.

#usPoli #cdnPoli

Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 13h

The lack of regulation is allowing untransparent and potentially harmful technologies, like AI-written police reports, to flourish. California, tell Governor Newsom he must sign SB 524. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

California, Tell Governor Newsom: Regulate AI Police Reports and Sign

Californians should urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign S.B. 524: a common-sense bill that takes important first-step reforms to regulate police reports written by generative AI. This is crucial, as

www.eff.org

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 13h

#yql

The Candidate, the Professor, and the Missing Link

University of Lethbridge students recently organized a candidates’ forum in anticipation of the October 20th municipal election. Nearly every council candidate and three mayoral candidates attended…

yalebelanger.wordpress.com

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

No identification, no paper trails, no accountability

People lost and transferred all through the system.

None of these girls and women are protected from sexual violence from their policing abductors

Ever.

But especially as these men have wholly anonymized themselves.

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Martha Crawford @whatashrinkthinks.com · 1d

I'm sitting here thinking about having a 15 daughter being chased down and abducted by masked men while the local police watch and let them carry her away to god-knows where w/zero accountability

we have to understand that girls are in severe danger of sexual violence from anonymous ICE goons

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

"Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial intelligence companies might burst before long."

Stock Bubble Dread Grips Central Bankers in Washington

Global policymakers and finance ministers will gather in Washington for the International Monetary Fund/World Bank fall meetings after a chorus of warnings that a stock bubble focused on artificial in...

finance.yahoo.com

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Jeff Doctor @jeff.doctor · 1d

I'm ranting now but I'm getting really irritated all this. Generative "AI" is the most obvious bubble ever that's gonna burst and wreck the economy yet Canadian "experts" who really should know better are hitting themselves in the face with every rake imaginable because OMG FOMO. It's pathetic

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 5d

Alberta government to ban the number 58,008 in schools

CALGARY — With the province's teachers on strike, Danielle Smith’s UCP government has tabled new legislation banning the use of the number 58,008, in order to “protect Alberta’s most precious resource...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Shawna Gawreluck @shawnagawreluck.bsky.social · 5d

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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 4d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #1
- ABs are not aware of how frequently rural EDs are closed, and the impact on the people in these communities.
- the ever-worsening stats are meaningless
- it's important to put a human face on what's happening.

Anonymized Actual Case #1:
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 1d

RURAL ED CLOSURES - REAL AB Case #2

- Pt in their 40s, witnessed cardiac arrest
- EMS responds and begins resuscitation
- Only mins from nearest Hospital, but the ED is CLOSED
- Adjacent Hospital ED Closed too
- EMS crew NOT aware of ED closures
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 1d

A woodcut of a bird beside the text "THE SEASONS MAY CHANGE, BUT YOU WILL ALWAYS BE AN ASSHOLE"

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

Pope Leo XIV says 'inhuman treatment of immigrants' in the U.S. isn't 'pro-life'

Pope Leo XIV weighed in on U.S. politics, saying that Catholic politicians must be judged on the full range of their policy positions and suggesting that the country's immigration policy is "inhuman."

n.pr

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Sarah Dempster @dempster2000.bsky.social · 2d

7 reasons why The Thing (1982) is a Christmas film:

1) snow
2) bearded men concealing surprises
3) compulsory party games
4) introverts shunning group activities
5) digestive issues
6) revellers bursting open to reveal partially assimilated canine lifeforms
7) knitwear

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Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada @abortionrightscan.bsky.social · 2d

"All Canadians, regardless of where they live, deserve access to the contraception that they need to control and plan their reproductive health futures. Now is the time to implement universal, first-payer coverage for contraception for all Canadians."

The evidence is clear: National pharmacare for contraception can’t wait

National pharmacare is essential for equitable access to prescription contraception.

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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 2d

“A leader of the Alberta separatist movement has been reprimanded by the Law Society of Alberta for a second time in four months, after he admitted to twice breaching professional standards.”

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

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Alberta separatist lawyer reprimanded for second time in four months

Jeffrey Rath represents the Alberta Prosperity Project and was reprimanded on Friday for his role in a near-decade old legal case.

edmontonjournal.com

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2d

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 2d

If his family cared about him he'd be in a nice care facility.

Instead they let him be used as a political puppet for people who are scaring him with old, edited videos and AI bullshit.

Yes, he is a liar. But I also think there's genuine confusion he has about reality.

#usPoli

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 2d

Lying with numbers. Most people do NOT have thousands of dollars to send their own kids to a private school, yet we're all supposed to feel sympathy for those that do AND help them pay for it?

GTFO

If you want to send your child to their own fancy country club you alone should pay for it.

#abPoli

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · 2d

Oof I'm down a rabbit hole trying to parse this line in this article:

"According to a 2017 Fraser Institute report, the average after-tax income for a significant majority of independent school families is comparable to, or even slightly less than, the average income for public school families"

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Opinion: Setting the record straight on Alberta’s independent school funding

Independent school association takes issue with Don Braid column on government funding.

calgaryherald.com

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MrsDrJim @mrsdrjim.bsky.social · 2d

He's one of those P3 guys. If managed would likely end like how a lot of those projects end: cost overruns and the taxpayer stuck footing the bill anyway. When the taxpayer is also just city residents, you can see your property taxes suddenly skyrocket.

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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

― George Orwell, 1984

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Mike Johnson: "Let me look right into the camera and tell you very clearly: Republicans are the ones concerned about healthcare. Republicans are the party working around the clock everyday to fix healthcare. This is not talking points for us: we've done it."

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2d

Quebec's new 'Constitution Bill' doubles down on the absurd idea that a province can directly amend the national constitution. It purports to directly change the text of provisions of the Constitution Act, 1867, and repeal others.

Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 2d

Uhh, what is this unconstitutional horseshit?
"The constitution bill would also have the Quebec premier recommend who should be appointed the province's lieutenant-governor. ...
The new legislation would also rename the lieutenant-governor the "officer of Quebec.""
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Quebec tables draft constitution to affirm its 'distinct national character,' premier says | CBC News

The constitution, filed at the National Assembly on Thursday and lambasted by opposition parties as a piece of political theatre filed without proper consultation, includes language asserting Quebec’s...

www.cbc.ca

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